Contrasting references to the UNHRC resolution on promoting accountability and reconciliation in the front pages of Sinala and Tamil newspapers.
The Divide
The president’s first year in office: Contrasting coverage on corruption and co-existence
Contrasting coverage on the government’s progress on corruption and co-existence upon President Anura Kumara Dissanayake completing one year in office.
Commemorating Thileepan: Contrasting press coverage
Contrasting press coverage on Rasaiah Parthipan (alias Thileepan) on the 38th anniversary of his death.
Government’s conduct: Commend or condemn?
Two sister newspapers express diverging views on the government’s conduct at the 60th session of the UNHRC.
Diverging press perspectives on the UN Human Rights Council
Two newspapers present diverging perspectives on the UNHRC.
President’s visit to Katchatheevu: To have gone or not to have gone?
Two sister newspapers express diverging views on the president’s visit to Katchatheevu.
Enforced disappearances: Divergent priorities in sister newspapers
Divergent priorities on enforced disappearances
Interpreting the hartal: Two competing diagnoses through a media lens
Competing narratives on the hartal and the military presence in the North and East
Provincial councils: One system, three strands
Ulugetenne’s character and conduct, and relationship with the Rajapaksas.
Hartal in the North & East: Successful or unsuccessful? 🪧
Here is how the Sinhala & Tamil front pages of newspapers & headlines of TV coverage reported on the hartal called by the ITAK 📺📰










